Yellowstone Jack; or, Trappers of the Enchanted Ground

Yellowstone Jack; or, Trappers of the Enchanted Ground By Joseph E. Badger, Jr., this frontier adventure serializes across two chapters. The opening depicts an emigrant wagon train caught in a violent mountain storm—a "pouderee" (snow tornado)—in Shicha-chetish Pass near Yellowstone. As wagons overturn and animals panic, young Frank Maynard pursues a runaway spring wagon carrying women including Minnie Warren, racing blindly through snow and hailstones through a narrow upper pass. The wagon appears headed toward a hidden canyon's edge where tree-tops mask a fatal drop. Maynard's revolver misfires as the animals plunge toward death. Chapter II introduces a mysterious man with penetrating dark eyes leaning against a cottonwood, claiming leadership and caressing a revolver, suggesting schemes ahead. The narrative combines wilderness peril with romantic tension and hints of darker intrigue among the characters.